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St. Patrick’s Day Snow in Beijing 2012
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Beijing. You’re supposed to dye the waters green, not layer the city in three-five inches of...
Mike to the Rescue
The other day Mike and I were buzzing around on our super sleek moped. He calls it a motorcycle as his man points don’t decrease when...
The Great Escape… Beijing Motorcycle Edition
If you follow us on Facebook, then you’ve probably noticed the bad-ass photo of Lauren on a motorcycle. Here’s how that...
A Beijing Summer by Bike
Summer is in full swing in Beijing, with a heat index that is exhausting and humidity so thick it feels like being water boarded every time...
Into the Cube!
Staplers and colleagues and cubicles – oh my! I recently took a full-time (aka: cube) job in Beijing. Yes, I know what you are...
Five Months of Cat Tales
In December, Mike bought me a kitten for Christmas. It died shortly after of FPV. We named him Nixon, after Mike’s favorite...
Spring in Beijing!
Spring has finally arrived in Beijing, and after a long winter in a Chinese siheyuan (a hutong home) we’re ready for the fine weather...
Mistresses in China Calling for Legal Rights
Is polygamy coming to China? Thats what some mistresses in the mainland are calling for after the failed ‘Festival of...
Life in a Beijing Hutong – Part II
As many of you know, we moved into a Beijing hutong– a traditional single-story home in a traditional maze of houses that makes up a...
Cultural Differences or Just Rude?
Today, I was walking down Nanluoguxiang when a women in a new model Audi decided to take a short cut out of one of the many side alleyways...
Nanluoguxiang, Beijing
Beijing has many amazing attractions. The Great Wall is a short ride away, the Forbidden City is at the epicenter, the entire city is flush...
New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year! With the new year comes a barrage of newly affirmed goals and resolutions. Living in China isn’t always easy, there...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Dear Friends, Family, Fellow Travelers, and Random Readers, Merry Christmas from Beijing, China! We’re thrilled to be celebrating...
The Beijing-Erlian Visa Run
We recently did a visa run. As with many people who live in China, we have to leave the country every 60 or 90 days to reactivate our...
Evicted! A Nightmare in Beijing’s Freezing Winter
First, a little background information on rental practices in China: In general, you sign a lease and pay your rent whenever you move in....
Pet Shopping in Beijing
We’ve been looking all over for a place to buy a ferret. Yeah, I know what you are thinking, why buy a pet when you will just have to...
The Beijing Zoo
Since it was my birthday week we got to do a lot of really fun stuff. After all, you only turn 27 once! Mike decided to take me to the...
Job Hunting in Beijing, China
Since we finally had an apartment we were free to start looking for jobs. We set about looking in the obvious places for expats living...
Apartment Hunting in Beijing, China
Having decided to stay in Beijing for a while, we set bout organizing ourselves to look for an apartment. We were determined to stay in the...
Exploring New Beijing
Arriving as we did in the middle of the night we had an epic sense of adventure attached to our return to China. Adding to that feeling was...
Should We Stay or Should We Go?
The euphoria at being back in a land where we could speak the language, knew the customs and food, and already felt comfortable was beyond...
The Movie Transsiberian
From the Beijing Train Station to the corrupt police on the far Eastern route of the Russian Trans-Siberian Railroad, the 2008 movie...
Apartment Hunting in China
As we pack up our apartment I’m reminded of when we first moved to China and began looking for a place to live. The process of...
Christmas in Shanghai, New Years in Beijing
For the holidays this year my little sister flew into China via our week together with our brother in Japan. We took a break to hang out in...
Traveling by High-Speed Train in China: Beijing to Xian
The long, overnight sleeper train adventure was not all it was cracked up to be.
